Heinz-Harald Frentzen

Heinz-Harald Frentzen is a German former racing driver who competed in Formula One from 1994 to 2003. Born in Mönchengladbach, he began karting at twelve, won the German Junior Kart Championship in 1981, raced Formula Ford and finished runner-up in the 1989 German Formula Three Championship before spending three seasons in Japan. He debuted in Formula One with Sauber in 1994 at the Brazilian Grand Prix and took his first podium at the 1995 Italian Grand Prix. At Williams in 1997 he won the San Marino Grand Prix and was runner-up in the World Drivers' Championship, and in 1999 he won the French and Italian Grands Prix with Jordan and finished third. He later drove for Prost, Arrows and Sauber and retired after 2003 with three wins, two pole positions, six fastest laps and 18 podiums. He then raced in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters from 2004 to 2006 and entered the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1992 and 2008.